A man accused of trying to rape and murder a young woman outside a Kissimmee laundromat made his first court appearance Thursday.

A man accused of trying to rape and murder a young woman outside a Kissimmee laundromat made his first court appearance Thursday.

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Updated: 5:32 PM EDT Sep 10, 2015

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WEBVTT PROVIDING TO OTHERS TO HELP THE REFUGEE CRISIS. Meredith: A MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO RAPE AND MURDER A YOUNG WOMAN REMAINS IN JAIL FOLLOWING HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. 19-YEAR-OLD ISAIAH WATTS WENT BEFORE THE JUDGE TO FACE A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SEXUAL BATTERY. MICHELLE MEREDITH IS LIVE WITH MORE ON WATTS. Reporter: THE ATTACK HAPPENED BEHIND THIS LAUNDROMAT ON TUESDAY. BUT POLICE HAD THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY THE NEXT DAY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. KISSIMMEE POLICE SAY ISAIAH WATTS WAS TURNED IN BY HIS OWN FRIENDS AFTER THEY RECOGNIZED HIS WALK AND THEIR CLOTHES ON TV. WATTS BORROWED THEIR CLOTHES THE DAY BEFORE THE ATTACK. WHEN POLICE ASKED WATTS FRIENDS HOW HE GOT ROUGHED UP THEY SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW. TODAY WATTS REMAINS IN JAIL WITH NO BOND. IT IS VERY SCARY. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME THERE OR ANY ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS. Reporter: DETAILS OF THE ATTACK ON CHILLING. KISSIMMEE POLICE SAY AROUND 11:30 TUESDAY NIGHT, WATTS WALKED INTO THE BEST LAUNDROMAT OFF JOHN YOUNG PARKWAY AND AT GUNPOINT ORDERS AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN OUT THE BACK DOOR, FORCED HER TO TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF, TRIED TO RAPE HER. TOLD HER TO CLIMB INTO A DUMPSTER THEN SHOT HER. THE REPORT SAYS SHE WAS HIT TWICE BEHIND HER RIGHT EAR AND IN THE CHIN. THE VICTIM SCREAMED IN PAIN BUT REALIZING SHE WAS STILL ALIVE CLIMBED OUT OF THE DUMPSTER AND TAKES OFF ONLY TO RUN INTO WATTS AGAIN. SHE ACTUALLY RAN IN THE SAME DIRECTION HE WAS GOING IN AND PROBABLY DIDN'T REALIZE IT. RAN PAST HIM AND THIS IS WHEN HE FIRED ANOTHER SHOT. Reporter: BUT MISSED. WATTS FRIENDS HAD OTHER CLUES THAT PERHAPS HE WAS A WANTED MAN BESIDES RECOGNIZING THEIR JEANS, SHIRT AND BASEBALL CAP IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO POLICE SAY AFTER THE ATTACK WATTS SHOWED UP AT THEIR HOUSE ON NORTH LAVON STREET OUT OF BREATH AND EVENTUALLY THREW UP. I GOT KIDS. THAT'S CRAZY. Reporter: NEIGHBORS ARE TERRIFIED. HE TRIED TO RAPE HER AFTER HE SHOT HER. HOW YOU GOING TO DO THAT. Reporter: POLICE TELL US THE VICTIM WILL RECOVER FROM THE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AS FOR WATTS? HE IS FACING CHARGES OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT, KIDNAPPING, SEX ULT BATTERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.

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A man accused of trying to rape and murder a young woman outside a Kissimmee laundromat made his first court appearance Thursday.